NEW CASES OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY ALFA UNIT
National.
Macedonia's Helsinki Committee pinpoints new cases of indicated use of physical force against citizens, with alleged involvement of special police unit Alfa.
In its monthly report, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Macedonia says the cases are grounded on complaints and physicians' findings presented by persons claiming to have been physically maltreated in police stations.
Helsinki Committee says the increased number of such cases is quite worrisome and it calls on the Interior Ministry to conduct an impartial internal investigation in order to establish eventual accountability of police officers.
As regards judicial reform in Macedonia, the Committee underscores the slow pace and a number of shortcomings in the functioning of judiciary.
The Committee also comments the President Branko Crvenkovski's decision to pardon Aleksandar Verusevski, comparing the case with the refusal to grant pardon to Ibraim Sulejmani, a prisoner at Idrizovo penitentiary convicted of war crimes against civilians during 2001 conflict.
The Committee expresses "concern at dual standards in decision-making and it has an impression that unhidden hypocrisy lies beneath the head of state's commitment to respecting the human rights".
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The Helskinki Committes (of whichever country) tend to polarise issues and, often, their attidute tends to aggravate a situation rather than explain it. In other words, they can be insulting in their refusal to present balanced reports.
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